10771910

Audio Signal Processing Method and Apparatus

PublishedSeptember 8, 2020
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1. A method for processing an audio signal, the method comprising: receiving an input audio signal; receiving a set of truncated subband filter coefficients for each subband and each channel, wherein the set of truncated subband filter coefficients is truncated frequency dependently from a set of subband filter coefficients of a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) data set, wherein the length of the set of truncated subband filter coefficients is determined based on a filter order of the corresponding subband, and wherein the filter order is determined to be variable in the frequency domain; obtaining vector information indicating a particular BRIR data set corresponding to a relevant channel of the input audio signal; and filtering each subband signal of the input audio signal by using the set of truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to the relevant channel and a relevant subband based on the vector information.

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2. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a first BRIR data set having positional information matching with positional information of the relevant channel of the input audio signal is present in a predetermined BRIR filter set, the vector information indicates the first BRIR data set as the particular BRIR data set corresponding to the relevant channel.

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3. The method of claim 1 , wherein when a first BRIR data set having positional information matching with positional information of the relevant channel of the input audio signal is not present in a predetermined BRIR filter set, the vector information indicates a second BRIR data set having a minimum geometric distance from the positional information of the relevant channel as the particular BRIR data set corresponding to the relevant channel.

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4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the geometric distance is a value obtained by aggregating an absolute value of an altitude deviation between two positions and an absolute value of an azimuth deviation between the two positions.

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5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a length of the set of truncated subband filter coefficients of at least one subband is different from a length of the set of truncated subband filter coefficients of another subband.

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6. An apparatus for processing an audio signal for performing binaural rendering for an input audio signal, the apparatus comprising: a binaural rendering unit configured to: receive an input audio signal, receive a set of truncated subband filter coefficients for each subband and each channel, wherein the set of truncated subband filter coefficients is truncated frequency dependently from a set of subband filter coefficients of a binaural room impulse response (BRIR) data set, wherein the length of the set of truncated subband filter coefficients is determined based on a filter order of the corresponding subband, and wherein the filter order is determined to be variable in the frequency domain, obtain vector information indicating a particular BRIR data set corresponding to a relevant channel of the input audio signal, and filter each subband signal of the multi-channel signal by using the truncated subband filter coefficients corresponding to the relevant channel and a relevant subband based on the vector information.

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7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when a first BRIR data set having positional information matching with positional information of the relevant channel of the input audio signal is present in a predetermined BRIR filter set, the vector information indicates the first BRIR data set as the particular BRIR data set corresponding to the relevant channel.

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8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein when a first BRIR data set having positional information matching with positional information of the relevant channel of the input audio signal is not present in a predetermined BRIR filter set, the vector information indicates a second BRIR data set having a minimum geometric distance from the positional information of the relevant channel as the particular BRIR data set corresponding to the relevant channel.

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9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the geometric distance is a value obtained by aggregating an absolute value of an altitude deviation between two positions and an absolute value of an azimuth deviation between the two positions.

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10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein a length of the set of truncated subband filter coefficients of at least one subband is different from a length of the set of truncated subband filter coefficients of another subband.

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September 8, 2020

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Hyunoh OH
Taegyu Lee
Jinsam Kwak
Juhyung Son

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